Motif
animal counterpart killed, human dies simultaneously
animal_counterpart_killed_human_dies_simultaneously
A motif of the External Soul and Life-Token family, within the sub-family Animals Holding or Sharing Human Life. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
comparative
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 7388-7470 confidence: high
Zulu belief: every man has an ihlozi, a mysterious serpent that guards and accompanies him underground; a man without one must die, and if the serpent is killed the man dies while the serpent revives.
The passage gives the ihlozi death consequence and the green bird nagual whose killing coincides with the death of the chief; it also states that nagual death entails human death.
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